DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
While schools continue to figure out policies about educators’ Facebook usage, some best practices are emerging. Here are seven, involving privacy settings and relationships with students — along with plain common sense.
http://www.allfacebook.com/7-best-practices-for-educators-using-facebook-2011-06…
Skype is a free downloadable software that lets you do voice and video calls combined with instant messaging for free. The possibilities of Skype to flatten your classroom are endless.
http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/41726/10-Ways-to-Use-Skype-in-the-Classroom…